Srinagar: Granting autonomy is the only practical solution to the decades-old problems in Jammu and Kashmir, said, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday. He told this while addressing a provincial meet of party functionaries at party headquarters. Saying that Jammu and Kashmir is a unique state and needs special dispensation to satisfy the needs of the state, the NC leader maintained that autonomy affords a pragmatic way out.
Abdullah lamented that the situation in the Valley is turning graver day by day. He mentioned killings, encounters, crackdowns, massive gunfights. He told that the government seems to have lost its writ over the situation in Kashmir.
Omar Abdullah is quoted to have said, “It is high time for the government of India to implement the resolution of autonomy. It is the only pragmatic solution to the age-old problem. Jammu and Kashmir is a unique state and needs a special dispensation in terms of regional autonomy to satisfy the needs of the state.”
Abdullah claimed that the people in Jammu and Kashmir are suffering due to non-governance, development deficit and lack of accountability. He also asserted that the National Conference would not allow anyone to fiddle with Article 35-A.